"Then what else is there to say? In order to protect the safety of the people in this city, we can only surrender to the Jiannu temporarily, and then apologize to the court after the Jiannu withdraws their troops!" Kong Hongyi laughed bitterly again.
If the Jiannu encountered resistance when attacking a city, they would massacre the entire city after conquering it.
He doesn't want to die.
"Then...what does Yanshenggong mean?" He Shun looked at Kong Yinzhi.
Although there were more than 10,000 civilians in the city, he only had to answer to Duke Yansheng. As long as Duke Yansheng agreed, he would open the city gates and let the Jiannu enter the city without hesitation.
Kong Yinzhi stood up and walked to the inner hall, saying without turning his head: "One of you is the county magistrate and the other is the garrison commander, both of you are officials appointed by the court. Although I am the Duke of Yansheng, I only have a title but no real power."
"You guys can just discuss this matter!"
"But I have one thing to say to you two: The Confucius Mansion vows to live and die with Qufu!"
He Shun and Kong Hongyi looked at Kong Yinzhi's back and cursed in their hearts.
This bastard is a piece of shit.
When encountering such a thing, instead of thinking of offering advice, he tried to clear himself of the matter as soon as possible.
Surrender is a great sin.
Once the court investigated, Kong Yinzhi would use the excuse that he was not involved to escape investigation and put the blame on them.
Damn it, so hateful!
"What should we do?" He Shun looked at Kong Hongyi with a helpless look on his face.
Since Duke Yansheng doesn't care, they can only discuss it between the two of them.
Kong Hongyi stood up like Kong Yinzhi and walked to the side hall while saying, "I am the magistrate of Qufu. I am responsible for collecting taxes every year and compiling a yellow book every ten years, with the income of the male population as the tax."
"It is the duty of Guard He to lead the troops to fight and guard the city. It is up to Guard He to decide whether to fight or surrender."
He Shun: ???!!!!
I your mother!
He Shun almost cursed out loud.
At this moment, he had the urge to curse.
No, it's beating!
That’s not right, it’s the impulse to kill!
I wanted to discuss a result with them, where the credits would be shared equally and the faults would be borne equally.
Now, the two of them took the blame on themselves.
"Okay, okay, let's do this, eh?" He Shun stood up angrily, glared at the side hall and the inner hall, turned around and left with his fists clenched.
A quarter of an hour later.
He Shun appeared on the east gate tower of Qufu. He stood alone on the high place and looked at the Ming army around him.
"Brothers, the Jiannu are coming with great force. We can't defend this city even if we risk our lives. It's better to surrender early and leave ourselves a way out."
"Besides, those corrupt scholars in the city are not worthy of our protection."
"If the court blames me in the future, I will bear the responsibility alone. It has nothing to do with you! If I die, please support my mother and help my wife and children."
"It's worth it for us brothers to fight together!"
"Sir, we brothers are in the same boat. We should shoulder the blame from the court together!" a Ming soldier shouted.
"Yes, the law does not hold everyone responsible, and we all share the same difficulties!" The rest of the Ming army echoed.
He Shun shook his head: "With that bunch of corrupt scholars behind me, I will definitely die. There is no need to drag you down with me."
"Or... go to Liaodong with the Jiannu?" a personal soldier whispered.
He Shun didn't say anything, just shook his head slightly.
Another quarter of an hour later.
More than a thousand Ming soldiers lowered the drawbridge, opened the city gates, and walked out of the city side by side with weapons in hand.
They stepped onto the suspension bridge, crossed the moat, and lined up on both sides, kneeling on the ground waiting for the "Jiannu" army.
Hao Yaoqi knew the number of defenders in the city. When he saw the Ming army leaving the city to surrender, he immediately led his army into the city.
"Are you He Shun?" Hao Yaoqi asked, holding the military book.
"Yes, I am He Shun, the garrison commander of Qufu."
"Okay, you and your men will camp outside the city, and I will be stationed inside the city."
"yes."
He Shun did not dare to object and led his men to set up a camp beside the moat in the north of the city.
When the Shun army was the only one left in the city, Hao Yaoqi immediately ordered his troops to split into three groups.
"Helan, you lead your troops to take over the city defense, focusing on the defense of the East Gate. Remember, you can't take off your helmet even if you die of heat."
"I obey your command." Helan ran away.
"Ma Shitai, I will give you 500 cavalrymen to collect the wages of the rich families in the city. During the collection process, those who have shaved their heads can take off their helmets, but those who have not shaved their heads are not allowed to take off their helmets."
Ma Shitai hesitated for a moment and asked, "General Hao, don't we have a lot of clamps? Can you give me a few sets?"
Hao Yaoqi glared at him and said, "You have so many things to do! Remember, you are now a murderous and evil slave, not a Shun army. Do you understand?"
Ma Shitai was stunned for a moment and understood Hao Yaoqi's intention.
"I obey your orders!"
"The rest of you come with me to the county government office to meet the legendary Duke Yansheng!" Hao Yaoqi stroked his beard on his chin and laughed.
"Can we kill people from the Confucius Mansion?" someone asked.
Hao Yaoqi thought about it and realized that before coming, Li Zicheng had said that they should try not to kill anyone.
In other words, you can kill people, but not too many.
"Follow my instructions!" Hao Yaoqi was afraid that these people would go crazy and kill people, so he answered cautiously.
The group quickly arrived at Qufu County Government Office and surrounded it.
"Everyone gather outside the county government office, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!" Hao Yaoqi sent someone to pass on the order.
The people in the Confucius Mansion refused at first, but when they saw a soldier hacking a servant to death with a knife, they chose to obey without hesitation.
The streets outside the county government office had been cleared, and the people from the Kong Mansion, led by Duke Yansheng Kong Yinzhi, lined up outside the county government office and waited.
The team of thousands of people was completely silent.
"I am Confucius's son..."
"Shut up!"
Kong Yinzhi was about to speak when he was interrupted by Hao Yaoqi.
"I ask, you answer, nod if there's no problem."
When had Kong Yinzhi ever suffered such humiliation? The fat on his face trembled, and he said in a cold voice: "I am the 64th generation grandson of Confucius, the son of Kong Shangtan, and the Duke of Yansheng, Kong Yinzhi. This is a holy place for scholars, not a place for fighting and killing."
"I hope you won't hurt my people, or destroy my Confucius Temple, Confucius Mansion, and Confucius Forest."
Hao Yaoqi said nothing, but swung his knife and slashed the throat of the person from the Confucius Mansion who was closest to him.
Blood spurted out and a foul smell came.
The man from the Confucius Mansion struggled desperately, covering his neck with force to prevent the blood from flowing out.
However, the opposite happened.
Blood oozed out from between his fingers. After a while, the blood was all gone, his body stopped struggling and turned into a corpse.
The sudden change frightened the people in the Confucius Mansion.
Some female relatives were so frightened that they fainted and fell to the ground.
Others are not much better.
Some closed their eyes, shivering all over and sweating; some were pale and their bodies kept shaking; some saw such a bloody scene for the first time, and squatted on the ground, holding their stomachs and vomiting.
More people chose to cry.
They watched their loved ones being killed but were powerless to do anything and could only stand there and cry in pain.
The people of the Kong Mansion, who were unruly the moment before, became in a miserable state the next moment.
Duke Yansheng Kong Yinzhi took a half step back, stared at Hao Yaoqi's face for a while, and said, "I will remember you."
Swish!
Another person from the Confucius Mansion had his throat slit.
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